Sign frame



March 27, 1934- H. T. HALLowELL ET AL 1,952,251

S IGN FRAME Filed Sept. 15, 1932 Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES SIGN FRAME Howard T. Hallowell and Frank Bennett, Jenkintown, Pa., assignors to Standard Pressed Steel C0., Jenkintown, Pa.,

Sylvania a corporation of Penn- Application September 13, 1932, Serial No. 632,982

2 Claims.

This invention is particularly adapted for use as a street sign, and is provided with feetrwhich support the sign.

One object of our invention is to make an economical and substantial frame for a sign.

Another object of the invention is to make the lower members of the sign frame of angle bars spaced apart for the reception of a sign.

Another object of the invention is to so design the frame that the feet can be secured directly to the iianges of the angle bars.

A further object of the invention is to so design the feet that, when one bolt is removed, a foot can be turned parallel with the channel member to which it is attached by the other bolt, so that a sign can be inserted, the feet when in the normal position retaining the sign in the frame.

A still further object of the invention is to secure the iianges of the channel member, which forms the two sides and top of the frame, to the lower angle bars by welding.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of our improved sign; Y

Fig. 2 is a side view, the upper portion being in section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan view on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, showing the lower members of the sign and one of the vertical members of the sign secured thereto by welding;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View on the line 4 4, Fig. l;

lig. 5 is a view showing the position of a foot when the bolt is removed and when a sign is to be introduced into the frame; and Fig. 6 is a further modiiication of the invention, showing a different form of channel member for the main portion of the sign.

1 1 are two angle bars which form the bottom members of the frame and extend from one side frame to the other. These bars are spaced sufficiently apart as at 3:, Fig. 3, for the insertion of a sign. The vertical anges 2 of the angle bars are welded to the lower portions of a channel member 3 as at y. This channel member forms the main portion of the sign, and consists of two side portions 4 4, and a top portion 5, the angle bar 3 being made in one piece and bent at the upper corner 6.

It will be noticed in Figs. 2 and 4 that the channel bar is made from an ordinary channel member bent at the point w, so as to bring the two flanges 7 7 of the angle bar comparatively close together, space being allowed for the insertion of a sign. The lower ends of the side member are not bent to as great an extent as the main portion of the channel bar, but are suii'iciently bent so as to impinge upon the spaced angle bars 1 to which they are welded at y-y. By this construction, a substantial rectangular frame is formed,

the sides and top members of the frame being l comparatively heavy, while the bottom member consists of two angle bars.

The feet 3, in the present instance, are also made of channel bars and are curved longitudi` nally, so as to elevate the sign frame from the pavement, but it will be understood that the feet may be made of angle bars or other shapes, and may be other than curved without departing from the essential features of the invention. Each foot 8 is secured to the horizontal flanges 9 of the lower angle bars 1 1 by bolts 10-10a, nuts 11 being applied to the bolts for fastening the sign rigidly to the legs. It will be noticed that the legs extend under the end of the angle bars and across the space rc, between the two angle bars 1 1, and as a sign extends to the vertical members' 4 4 of the frame, the sign will rest on the legsv after being inserted in the frame.

In order to introduce the sign in the frame, all that is necessary is to remove the bolts 10 or 10a, and its nut, and turn the leg parallel with the angle bars 1, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the leg will clear the space x. The sign can then be removed rom the frame and another inserted, and on turning the leg 8 on the bolt 10, for instance, to its normal position, and inserting a bolt 10a in the bolt hole of the leg and the angle bar, the sign kwill be held in position by the legs and the bolts will rmly secure the frame to the legs.

In Fig. 6 we have illustrated another form of channel member forming the sides and top of the frame. In this instance, the angle member is formed from a strip bent into shape, the ends of the strip being spaced a suflicient distance apart to allow for the insertion of a sign in the frame.

In all of the iigures, the sign is inserted through the space 3, between the-two angle bars which form the lower member of the frame.

We claim:

1. The combination in a sign frame, of a channel bar forming the two sides and the top of the frame; two angle bars spaced apart for the insertion of a sign and forming the bottom member ci the sign frame, the side members of the frame being welded to the angle bars; and feet for supporting the frame, each foot being secured to the horizontal flanges of the bottom member of the sign and extending under the space formed by Ibo the angle irons inside the vertical line of the frame so as to support the sign Within the frame.

2. The combination in a sign frame, of a channel bar forming the two sides and the top of the frame; tWo angle bars spaced apart for the insertion of a sign and forming the bottom member of the sign. frame, the side members of the frame being Welded to the angle' bars; feet for supporting the frame, each foot being secured to the horizontal anges of the bottom member of the sign and extending under the space formed by the angle irons inside the vertical line of. the,A i

frame so as to support the sign Within the frame; and two bolts securing the frame to each foot, the bolts passing through the horizontal flanges of the angle bars and located a suicient distance from the inner sides of the angle bars, so that when the foot is turned on the removal of lone of the bolts, it willfbe clear of, the space between the angle'bars; so that a sign can be inserted in the frame, and when the foot is returned to its normal position it will retain the sign in the frame.

HOWARD T. HALLOWELL. 'FRANK BENNETT. 

